JP2013526987A - Support device used for shelf-type clothes dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

  The support device used in the shelf-type clothes dryer includes a plurality of support legs (1) disposed under the hot air generator housing (2) in the clothes dryer, and the support legs (1) are generally curved. And includes a first part (11), a second part (12) and a third part (13) which are sequentially connected. The first part (11) is connected to the hot air generator housing (2) and its end (11c) is at the bottom of the hot air generator housing (2). The second part (12) has an arch shape. The third part (13) has a horizontal bottom surface (13a) at its end and can stand on the ground. Compared to the prior art, the support foot according to the present invention reduces the distance between the hot air generator in the clothes dryer and the ground, thereby lowering the center of gravity of the clothes dryer and further stabilizing the upright of the clothes dryer. It is advantageous not only for the arrangement of clothes drying chambers with high dimensions.

Description

  The present invention relates to the technical field of shelf-type clothes dryers, and more particularly to a support device used for a shelf-type clothes dryer.

  The shelf-type clothes dryer is a household electric appliance that dries clothes with hot air, and can be applied particularly to the southern region where there is heavy rain to make people's lives more convenient. Such a clothes dryer is disclosed in the Chinese utility model “shelf-type clothes dryer” of the applicant's patent number ZL200620018906.7 (publication number: CN2895492Y). The shelf-type clothes dryer includes a support foot, a hot air generator provided on the support foot, a lower support pipe, and an upper support pipe connected to the lower support pipe, and an arch is formed at the upper end of the hot air generator. The air blow shelf is provided, the lower support pipe is fixed to the nut of the arch air blow shelf, the outer cover is fixed to the support pipe, and the air outlet of the arch air blow shelf extends along the circumferential direction. A sheet-like guide plate is uniformly provided. In operation, after the air that has entered from the air inlet is heated by the hot air generator, it is sent out from the air outlet of the arch type air shelf and blown to the clothing placed in the cover upwards, finally Reach the purpose of drying clothes.

  The support foot in the conventional shelf-type clothes dryer is a straight bar type and is provided obliquely, that is, an oblique support type straight bar type support foot. In general, three straight bars are provided to form a tripod at the bottom of the clothes dryer. Thus, the hot air generator is suspended and supported from the ground, and the hot air generator, the support pipe, and the clothing thereon are supported.

  The angle between the slant support type straight bar type support foot and the vertical direction of the clothes dryer has a mutually restricting relationship with the angle between the straight bar type support foot and the ground.

  When the straight bar type support foot and the vertical direction of the clothes dryer tend to be parallel, the angle between the straight bar type support foot and the ground tends to be 90 degrees. In such a tendency, the supporting foot is advantageous for sharing the gravity from the entire clothes dryer, but it is disadvantageous for the upright stability of the entire clothes dryer. Further, in order to stabilize the upright of the clothes dryer as a whole, it is necessary to extend the straight bar support legs, but the extended straight bar type support legs increase the manufacturing cost. And the clothes drying room of the clothes dryer is also raised and becomes too expensive, which is disadvantageous for the user to put on clothes. On the other hand, since the extended straight bar type support foot also reduces the bending strength of the straight bar type support foot, reinforcement of the straight bar type support foot causes an increase in cost. In addition, if the center of gravity of the clothes dryer is too high, the clothes dryer tends to shake during use, which is disadvantageous for the upright stability of the clothes dryer.

  When the included angle between the straight bar type support foot and the vertical direction of the clothes dryer tends to be 90 degrees, the straight bar type support foot and the ground tend to be parallel to each other. In such a tendency, the center of gravity of the clothes dryer is lowered, but the bending strength of the straight bar type supporting foot must be further increased. The connection between the straight rod type support foot and the hot air generator is easily broken by the influence of the opening force, and there is a hidden problem in the safety of the connection between the two. It is necessary to increase the bending strength of the straight bar type support foot and reinforce the connection stability between the straight bar type support foot and the hot air generator. Therefore, a high material is required for the straight rod-type support foot, and the weight of clothes that can be dried is also limited.

  A conventional clothes dryer having an oblique support type straight bar type support foot has an angle between the straight bar type support foot and the ground in the range of 60 to 70 degrees, and the height of the straight bar type support foot is 40 to 40 degrees. The height of the hot air generator is 20 to 30 cm, the height of the clothes drying room is 90 to 110 cm, and the height from the ground to the clothes bar is 150 to 190 cm. In everyday life, long clothes such as adult women's dresses generally have dimensions of 130-150 cm. Therefore, since it is necessary to fold and dry when drying, wrinkles occur in clothing. Increasing the height of the clothes drying room to adapt to the height dimension of the dress, so that the entire clothes dryer can stand upright stably, It is necessary to increase the distance of the straight bar-type support foot from the ground. If it does in this way, the height of the place which puts clothes will be 190-230 cm. It is very inconvenient for a normal height adult to put on clothes in a clothes drying room having such a height without using an external climbing tool. Therefore, the diagonally supported straight rod type supporting foot is disadvantageous for the arrangement of the clothes drying room having a high dimension.

  As described above, it is necessary to further improve the conventional diagonally supported straight rod type support foot.

  The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a support device used for a shelf-type clothes dryer with respect to the current state of the art. This reduces the distance between the hot air generator of the clothes dryer and the ground, thereby lowering the center of gravity of the clothes dryer and making the clothes dryer upright more stable. This arrangement is also advantageous. Even when the clothes drying room has high dimensions, the operation of putting on clothes is very convenient and easy to use.

  As one of the technical solutions adopted by the present invention to solve the above technical problem, a support device used in the shelf-type clothes dryer includes a plurality of devices arranged under the hot air generator housing of the clothes dryer. It has a support foot, and the support foot includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion that are sequentially connected.

  The first part is connected to the hot air generator housing and its end is at the bottom of the hot air generator housing, and the second part gradually moves away from the hot air generator housing and from below to above and from inside to outside, After extending a predetermined distance in the sky direction of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing, it bends down and extends from the upper side to the lower side and from the inner side to the outer side toward the ground surface of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing. The end has a horizontal bottom and can stand on the ground.

  The support feet can have various forms, preferably each support foot is generally curvilinear and the second portion has the highest point of the curve. That is, the second portion has an arch shape.

  The support foot may have a non-curved shape. That is, the second portion has an inverted V shape.

  As a further improvement, the shape of the first portion of the support foot can be matched to the shape of the hot air generator housing, and the upper surface of the first portion can be brought into close contact with the hot air generator housing to lift the hot air generator. In other words, the first portion is connected to the hot air generator housing in the form of embedding, and the area received by the first portion with respect to the hot air generator is increased, thereby increasing the supporting force of the entire support leg for the hot air generator.

  Preferably, the upper surface of the first portion of the support foot has a protrusion that contacts the hot air generator housing. In this way, the protrusions of each support foot push up the hot air generator.

  In addition, the plurality of support legs may be integrally connected in advance, and specifically includes a connection portion that is connected to the end of the first portion of each support leg and connects the plurality of support legs integrally.

  In order to make the first part better adhere to the hot air generator housing, the bottom of the hot air generator housing may have a fitting groove that matches the shape of the first part, and the upper surface of the first part is in the fitting groove. Insert.

  The first portion of the support foot may be connected to the hot air generator housing by various conventional methods. In order to facilitate the manufacturing process of the product, a through hole is made in the first part, and a screw hole is correspondingly provided in the bottom of the hot air generator housing, and the screw is inserted through the through hole on the first part. Then, it may be screwed into a screw hole on the hot air generator housing. This design facilitates assembly connection.

  As a further improvement, the second part of the support foot has two ends that are bifurcated on both sides, the support foot having two third parts respectively connecting to the ends of the second part. Including. This increases the upright stability of the support foot.

  As another technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above technical problem, a support device used in the shelf-type clothes dryer includes a plurality of supports arranged below the hot air generator housing of the clothes dryer. Each of the supporting legs includes a leg, and has a curved shape as a whole, and includes a first part, a second part, and a third part that are sequentially connected.

  The first portion is connected to the hot air generator housing at the end, and the second portion is gradually separated from the hot air generator housing, and predetermined from above to below and from the inside to the outside in the upward direction of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing. The third part is bent toward the ground on the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing from the upper side to the lower side and from the inner side to the outer side. Get up.

  In order to increase the support area of the support foot for the hot air generator, preferably, the end of the first portion has a close contact portion whose shape matches the shape of the hot air generator housing, and the inner surface of the close contact portion is hot air Adheres closely to the generator housing.

  As yet another technical solution adopted by the present invention to solve the above technical problem, the support device used in the shelf-type clothes dryer is a support seat having a smooth surface and is integrally connected. The first part in the center, the second part on the outer periphery of the first part, and the third part at the bottom of the support seat.

  The first part has a bowl-like cross section and carries a hot air generator housing.

  The cross section of the second part gradually leaves the hot air generator housing, extends from the lower side to the upper side and from the inner side to the outer side by a predetermined distance in the upward direction of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing, and then bends downward from the upper side. It has a shape that extends downward and from the inside to the outside toward the ground on the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing.

  And the bottom end of the third part can stand on the ground along the horizontal.

  The support seat can take various forms. For example, the support seat may be a cover body having a circular shape in plan view.

  Further, for example, the support seat may be a plurality of supports provided symmetrically with respect to the hot air generator housing, and each support has a fan shape in plan view.

  As a further improvement, a plurality of through holes may be opened symmetrically in the support seat.

  As a further improvement, the through holes include four groups, and the through holes of each group include an inner through hole and an outer through hole that are sequentially provided from the center of the support seat toward the outer periphery. Accordingly, the support seat includes four support feet, a first connection ring that connects the second portion of each support foot, and a second connection ring that connects the bottom end of the third portion of each support foot. It is formed. Thus, such a structure is made more symmetrical and stable.

  The advantages of the present invention over the prior art are as follows.

  First, the arcuate detour support foot can reduce the overall height of the shelf-type clothes dryer by maximizing the distance between the hot air generator and the ground, and can be used by minors and shorts Suitable for human use. Alternatively, by increasing the height of the clothes drying space while keeping the overall height of the shelf-type clothes dryer, it is advantageous for drying a long or large-sized overcoat, a dress, a futon, and the like.

  Next, as the arcing degree of each arc stage increases, the center of gravity of the entire shelf-type clothes dryer decreases, and the greater the supporting force of each support foot and the ground, the more stable the entire shelf-type clothes dryer becomes. Become.

  Furthermore, the detour shape in the opposite direction is exhibited between the adjacent arc steps of the support legs. When used for drying clothes, the weight of the clothes to be dried, the hot air generator, the support rod and the cover is transmitted to each support foot through the connection point between each support foot and the hot air generator. The pressure received is also decomposed into the pressure received by each arc stage according to the parallelogram law of force. Therefore, the stress of the support foot can be reduced and the degree of breakage of the support foot can be reduced. In addition, based on the known types of support feet, the requirement for material is reduced and production costs are saved.

  As described above, the support foot according to the present invention can reduce the distance between the hot air generator in the clothes dryer and the ground, thereby lowering the center of gravity of the clothes dryer and making the clothes dryer upright more stable. In addition, it is advantageous for the arrangement of a clothes drying chamber having a high dimension. Even when the clothes drying room has high dimensions, the operation of putting on clothes is very convenient and easy.

  Further, the support foot according to the present invention can be applied to a column type humidifier or a column type iron.

These are the structure schematic diagrams which apply Example 1 by this invention to a shelf type clothes dryer. These are the three-dimensional exploded views of Example 1 by this invention. These are the structure schematic diagrams of Example 2 by this invention. These are the structure schematic diagrams of Example 3 by this invention. These are the structure schematic diagrams of Example 4 by this invention. These are the structure schematic diagrams of Example 5 by this invention. These are the structure schematic diagrams of Example 6 by this invention. These are the structure schematic diagrams of Example 7 by this invention. It is a top view of FIG. It is a structure schematic diagram of Example 8 by the present invention. It is a top view of FIG. It is a structure schematic diagram of Example 9 by the present invention. FIG. 13 is a plan view of FIG. 12.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings and examples.

  Example 1

  1 and 2 show a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

  FIG. 1 shows a case where the present embodiment is applied to a shelf-type clothes dryer having a hot air generator housing 2 having a spherical shape. By uniformly providing the three support legs 11 below the hot air generator housing 2, the entire clothes dryer is stably upright on the ground.

  Each support foot 1 has a curved shape as a whole, and includes a first portion 11, a second portion 12, and a third portion 13 that are sequentially connected.

  The shape of the first portion 11 matches the spherical shape of the hot air generator housing 2 and has a predetermined arc degree. Moreover, the bottom of the hot air generator housing 2 has a fitting groove 21 that matches the shape of the first portion 11. When the upper surface of the first part 11 is inserted into the fitting groove 21, the upper surface of the first part 11 is brought into close contact with the hot air generator housing 2 to lift the hot air generator. The end 11 c of the first portion 11 is located at the center of the bottom of the hot air generator housing 2.

  At the same time, a through hole 11a is opened in the first part 11 and a screw hole 22 is correspondingly provided in the bottom of the hot air generator housing 2. The screw connection portion of the screw 3 is inserted into the screw hole 22 of the hot air generator housing 2 through the through hole 11 a on the first portion 11. Thereby, the 1st part 11 and the hot air generator housing 2 are connected reliably.

  Further, in order to make positioning and fixing of the support legs convenient, an insertion portion 23 for inserting the first portion 11 end 11c is provided in the center of the bottom portion of the hot air generator housing 2. A cover lid 4 is covered at the bottom center of the hot air generator housing 2. The cover lid 4 covers the first portion 11 end 11c of all the support legs 1 provided below the hot air generator housing 2, thereby providing a fixing action, and the bottom of the hot air generator housing 2 is cleaner. It is made to look beautiful.

  The second portion 12 has an arch shape.

  The end of the third portion 13 has a horizontal bottom surface 13a and can stand on the ground.

  After fixing the support foot 1 and the hot air generator housing 2, the screw 3 has its end exactly on the same horizontal plane as the horizontal bottom surface of the third portion 13 end. The screw 3 serves not only to fix the support foot 1 but also to support the hot air generator together with the support foot 1.

  Example 2

  FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment according to the present invention. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is that the support device used in the shelf-type clothes dryer is connected integrally through the connection portion 5, and the connection portion 5 has a disk shape, The three support legs 1 are integrally connected by connecting to the end 11c of the first portion 11 respectively.

  Example 3

  FIG. 4 shows a third embodiment according to the present invention. The difference between the second embodiment 12 and the first embodiment is that the second portion 12 is branched on both sides and has two end portions 12a. However, the support feet are connected to the end portions 12a of the second portion 12, respectively. Includes three parts 13.

  Example 4

  FIG. 5 shows a fourth embodiment according to the present invention. As a difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment, in this embodiment, the support device includes the four support feet 1, and the upper surface of the first portion 11 of each support foot 1 is in contact with the hot air generator housing 2. The protrusion 11b has a through hole 11a on the first portion 11 at a position where the protrusion 11b exists, whereby the screw 3 passes through the entire protrusion 11b through the through hole 11a.

  Example 5

  FIG. 6 shows a fifth embodiment according to the present invention. The support device used in the shelf-type clothes dryer has a curved shape as a whole, and includes a first portion 14, a second portion 15, and a third portion 16 that are sequentially connected.

  The end of the first portion 14 is connected to the hot air generator housing 2, the second portion 15 has an arch shape, and the end of the third portion 16 has a horizontal bottom surface 16a and can stand on the ground.

  The end of the first portion 14 has a close contact portion 14 a whose shape matches the shape of the hot air generator housing 2, and the inner surface of the close contact portion 14 a is in close contact with and connected to the hot air generator housing 2.

  Example 6

  FIG. 7 shows a sixth embodiment according to the present invention. As a difference between this and the first embodiment, the second portion 12 has an inverted V shape.

  Example 7

  8 and 9 show a seventh embodiment according to the present invention. The support device used in the shelf-type clothes dryer is a support seat 6 having a smooth surface, and the support seat 6 is a cover body having a circular shape in plan view.

  The support seat 6 is formed by integrally connecting a first portion 61 at the center, a second portion 62 at the outer periphery of the first portion 61, and a third portion 63 at the bottom of the support seat 6.

  The first portion 61 has a bowl-like cross section and carries the hot air generator housing 2.

  As the cross-sectional shape of the second portion 62, the second portion 62 is gradually separated from the hot air generator housing 2 and is bent after extending a predetermined distance in the upward direction of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing 2 from below to above and from inside to outside. It goes down and extends in the direction of the ground on the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing 2 from above to below and from inside to outside.

  In addition, the bottom end of the third portion 63 is horizontal and can stand on the ground.

  Example 8

  10 and 11 show an eighth embodiment according to the present invention. The difference between this embodiment and the seventh embodiment is that the support seat 6 is two supports provided symmetrically about the hot air generator housing 2.

  Example 9

  12 and 13 show a ninth embodiment according to the present invention. As a difference between this embodiment and the seventh embodiment, a plurality of through holes 64 are formed symmetrically on the cover body of the support seat 6. In the present embodiment, the through holes 64 include four groups, and the through holes of each group include an inner through hole 64 a and an outer through hole 64 b that are sequentially provided from the center of the support seat 6 toward the outer periphery. Accordingly, the support seat 6 connects the four support legs 6 a, the first connection ring 6 b that connects the second parts 62 of the support legs 6, and the bottom end of the third part 63 of each support leg 6. A second connection ring 6c is formed.

Claims (10)

A support device used in a shelf-type clothes dryer having a plurality of support legs (1) disposed under a hot air generator housing (2) of a clothes dryer,
The support foot (1) includes a first part (11), a second part (12) and a third part (13) connected in sequence,
The first part (11) is connected to the hot air generator housing (2) and its end (11c) is at the bottom of the hot air generator housing (2);
The second portion (12) is gradually separated from the hot air generator housing (2) and has a predetermined distance in the upward direction of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing (2) from below to above and from inside to outside. And then extending downward from the upper side and from the inner side to the outer side toward the ground surface of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing (2),
The third part (13) has a horizontal bottom surface (13a) at its end and can stand on the ground.
A support device used for a shelf-type clothes dryer. Each of the support feet (1) is generally curvilinear, and the second portion (12) has the highest point of the curve,
The support device used for the shelf-type clothes dryer according to claim 1. The second part (12) of the support foot (1) is branched on both sides to have two ends (12a), and the support foot (1) is connected to the second part (12). Including two said third portions (13) connected to each of said ends (12a),
The support device used for the shelf-type clothes dryer according to claim 1. The shape of the first portion (11) in the support foot (1) is matched to the shape of the hot air generator housing (2), and the upper surface of the first portion (11) is the hot air generator housing (2). Lift the hot air generator in close contact with
The support apparatus used for the shelf-type clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 3. The upper surface of the first portion (11) of the support foot (1) has a protrusion (11b) that contacts the hot air generator housing (2).
The support apparatus used for the shelf-type clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 3. It further includes a connecting portion (5) connected to the end of the first portion (11) in each of the support feet (1) and integrally connecting the plurality of support feet (1).
The support apparatus used for the shelf-type clothes dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 3. A support device used in a shelf-type clothes dryer having a plurality of support legs disposed below a hot air generator housing of a clothes dryer,
Each of the support feet is generally curvilinear and includes a first portion (14), a second portion (15) and a third portion (16) connected in sequence,
The first part (14) is connected at its end to the hot air generator housing (2);
The second portion (15) is gradually separated from the hot air generator housing (2) and has a predetermined distance in the upward direction from the lower side to the upper side and from the inside to the outside on the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing (2). And then extending downward from the upper side and from the inner side to the outer side toward the ground surface of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing (2),
The third part (16) has a horizontal bottom surface (16a) at its end and can stand on the ground.
A support device used for a shelf-type clothes dryer. The end of the first portion (14) includes a close contact portion (14a) having a shape matching the shape of the hot air generator housing (2), and the inner surface of the close contact portion (14a) is the hot air generator housing (2). Closely attached to the
The support device used for the shelf-type clothes dryer according to claim 7. A support device used for a shelf-type clothes dryer and having a support seat (6) having a smooth surface,
The support seat (6) includes a first portion (61) in the center, a second portion (62) on the outer periphery of the first portion (61), and a bottom portion of the support seat (6), which are integrally connected. A third part (63)
The first part (61) has a bowl-like cross section and is mounted with a hot air generator housing (2),
The cross section of the second part (62) is gradually separated from the hot air generator housing, and has a predetermined distance in the upward direction of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing (2) from below to above and from inside to outside. After extending, it has a shape that bends down and extends from above to below and from inside to outside toward the ground surface of the outer periphery of the hot air generator housing (2),
And the bottom end of the third part (63) can stand on the ground horizontally.
A support device used for a shelf-type clothes dryer. In the support seat (6), a plurality of through holes (64) are opened symmetrically,
The support device used for the shelf-type clothes dryer according to claim 9.

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